The new kids on the block: The entry of private business schools in transition economies

Education Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-257

  Kraft, Evan ^a   Vodopoviec, Milan ^b  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK   (Croatia)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Educational finance; Privatization; School choice

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; TRAINING; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0942299812     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0964529032000178437     Document Type: Article

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